Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, formally ending it by presidential decree in 1981 and later passing a law in 2007 that criminalized slave‑holding and rela...
Free Black Slaveowners in the United States During the 19th Century In 1830, around 3,775 free Black individuals in the United States owned enslaved people.
In January 2020, a man described by Israeli authorities as a rabbi in his 60s was arrested in Jerusalem on suspicion of running a closed religious community in which dozens of women and c...
Goel Ratzon Convicted Of Multiple Sexual Offenses And Acquitted Of Slavery Charge On August 8, 2014, the Tel Aviv District Court in Israel convicted **Goel Ratzon**, a self‑sty...
Yazidi Genocide On August 3, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched an हमला on the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, targeting the Yazidi minority. ISIS forces captured ...
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - whi...
Zwi Migdal was a criminal organization active mainly in Argentina from the late 19th century until the 1930s. It was composed largely of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe The group ...
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states and redefining the Civil War as a struggle for human liberty.
On December 1, 1845, David Levy Yulee was sworn in as one of the first two United States senators from the newly admitted State of Florida, marking a notable moment in U.S. political hist...
The Haitian Revolution began as enslaved Africans rose against French colonial rule, leading to the first successful abolition of slavery and creation of an independent Black republic.
European Captives Sold Into Slavery By Barbary Pirates From the 16th to the 19th centuries, Barbary pirates operating from North Africa — including present-day Morocco, Algeria, ...
The Ottoman Empire expanded from a small Anatolian principality into one of the largest empires in history. Between the fourteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ottoman forces conquered ...